From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter to Ferodo Ltd. to confirm the specification of a bonnet rest strip.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\4\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 4th October 1937 | |
| 1026. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/MH.{M. Huckerby} 4th. October 1937. Messrs. Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith. For the attention of Mr. Longley. Dear Sirs, The writer endeavoured to telephone Mr. Longley this afternoon in order to ascertain the precise designation of the bonnet rest strip which you have recently supplied for us to test, ( .300 wide, .160 thick, impregnated with graphite and rubber), and was given the specification S.6891. Will you please confirm that this is correct, as we shall shortly be ordering further quantities of this strip. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||